Good Morning Candi, Pre 1916 Index to births(1877-1916) at the will county clerk's office, on north chicago st.,joliet. Voluntary entries, not required. List is alpha by name and year. Can be viewed there. However, if an ancestor lived into the 1940's, there may be a delayed birth certificate which would be filed by the year it was applied for and may not be in the pre 1916 index. Good Hunting, Kathy _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail